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Strike insurance (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified male speaker (poss. CBI boss), on the setting up of a mutual insurance fund for employers wishing to cover their businesses against industrial action. Male interviewer not identified.
Miners wage negotiations (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
NUM President Joe Gormley, on the pay claim put to the National Coal Board, and the progress of negotiations. Male interviewer not identified.
British Leyland dispute (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified British Leyland shop stewards’ spokesman, on their outright rejection of Leyland Chairman Michael Edwardes’s closures and cutbacks plan - what they regard as his blackmailing tactic. Male...
British Leyland disciplinaries (1979)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
Derek Robinson, union convenor of the Longbridge assembly plant in Birmingham, on the disciplinary action taken by British Leyland against Jack Adams, Len Brindle, Mick Clarke(?) and himself over the...
British Leyland disciplinaries (1979)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
Derek Robinson, union convenor of British Leyland’s Longbridge assembly plant in Birmingham, on this morning’s resolution that the dispute should be declared official. He accuses the media (specifically,...
British Leyland disciplinaries (1979)
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
Derek Robinson, union convenor of the Longbridge assembly plant in Birmingham, accuses British Leyland management of telling lies. The pamphlet that ostensibly caused the trouble, says Robinson, simply...
Len Murray on industrial action (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Len Murray, TUC General Secretary, speaks on the increased cost of living and possible reactions by union members and their families. Murray and an unidentified male interviewer discuss the phrase ‘Winter...
SA rugby tour opposition (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Len Murray, TUC General Secretary, is asking union members to boycott matches during the forthcoming British tour of the South African rugby team. The TUC is helping the development of Black trade unionism...
Joe Gormley on miners rejected pay offer (1979)
- Genre
- Interview; Press conference
Two short clips featuring NUM President Joe Gormley: a statement, in which he regrets the National Coal Board’s unsatisfactory response to the wages claim, and calls on union members to vote for industrial...
British Leyland dispute (1979)
- Genre
- Interview
Series of 4 clips featuring unidentified speakers, probably all trade union spokesmen, on the dismissal of Derek Robinson by British Leyland, the subsequent AEUW inquiry, and union advice to members in the...